The Ahimsa Yoga Ashram1 sits nestled in a beautiful acre of jungle land in the Mountains outside of San Juan del Sur, south Nicaragua.The Ashram is a magical quiet retreat away from the noise of towns and cars, where we offer beautiful Yoga retreats, powerful immersions and Yoga Teacher Trainings for those students who REALLY wish to learn Yoga.
Everything about the Ashram is different to your average Yoga school. We are not just a school. The Ashram is a tiny intentional, conscious, transient Yogic community, where I realized my vision to share my sacred life-principles, vast knowledge, deep life long experience and fascinating fun projects and activities, with like-minded students and travelers, while living in a loving and inspiring group environment. We learn, laugh, play, share, cook and so much more.
I am a Nomadic Yogini, who traveled and taught internationally for many years and has now settled in Nicaragua for a little while, after the birth of my baby twin boys in march 2015. At the Ashram I crated my ideal world. A world of beautiful conscious people who want to learn and who are open and excited to submerge themselves into the vast unknown world of Yoga; a yoga behind the scenes, a Yoga that is never taught in the studio. A yoga that will change your way of looking at the world, yourself, your relations, your very existence. A yoga that will OPEN your body, put a little bit of MAGIC into your life and a SMILE onto your face.
Every second of my life, I live and breathe what I teach, and by coming here and sharing our space, I invite you to do the same. I designed our Educational program to reflect this. I created a wonderful mixture of deeply profound, life changing teachings, rooted in Yogic and other ancient traditions, balanced with a variety of many fun and enjoyable workshops and activities.
By coming here, you make a commitment to awareness, consciousness, change, openness and evolution. You come here to learn why Yoga is more than you ever imagined, why it is exciting and profound and beautiful. The Ashram is a place you always hoped to be true, but never dreamed to be real.
I don’t just teach you a yoga class, I teach YOGA. I teach what you always wanted to learn in a Yoga class and never did! I teach how to feel FABULOUS AND OPEN in every single posture, no crunching, no pain (even in backbends) and how to feel your energetic body fantastically open and energized, and much much more. We have lectures, demonstrations, detailed explanations and posture corrections for each student individually as well as Question and Answer opportunities. I have helped complete beginners, stiff people, old and young, people with injuries and scoliosis, as well as established Yoga teachers; each leaves the Ashram astonished and surprised that this information is not more widely available. It’s so simple, yet life and yoga practice changing for everyone. It’s like a wonderful magic tool that has just been rediscovered!
The nearest town, San Juan Del Sur, is 3.5km away. It’s a small surfer beach town with all basic necessities. A PALI supermarket is at the town entrance. There is also a small store in San Juan del Sur’s market with imported products such as Couscous and Quinoa. To go to San Juan Del Sur, you can walk 15-20 minutes along a beautiful dirt road to the main road, then take a taxi ($1) to town, wait for a bus (.5$) or hitch-hike.
A bigger town, Rivas, is about 1 hour by bus (1$), or 25min by taxi ($2 per person). Rivas is a beautiful town with a huge market and all facilities.
About 10 minutes walk away from the Ashram is a tiny local bakery, which bakes and sells fresh bread all day for about C10. You will smell it on the way up… 15-20 min walk away is a little family shop (hole-in-the-wall), which sells chips, cookies, candies and soft drinks.
There are beautiful walks in the surrounding areas and wonderful sunset spots not far from the Ashram. Great beaches are also accessible by taxi. Group taxis from the Ashram can also be arranged, if the taxi is full.
PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT USE THESE DESCRIPTIONS AS DIRECTIONS TO THE ASHRAM, AS IT WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND US